Friday, May 18, 2012

Spacex

Nerves are frayed here on Floridas space coast as commercial company SpaceX prepares to launch its Dragon capsule on the first-ever flight of a private vehicle to the International Space Station.

(msnbc.com)

We have lift-off! Its a new era for social media, space exploration and shoes? Facebook ended its first publicly traded day right where it began: at $38 a share.

(CNET News)

California private company Space Exploration Technologies — also known as SpaceX — will attempt to make history tomorrow by launching its own Falcon 9 rocket with an unmanned Dragon spacecraft attached to the International Space Station.

(Boston Herald)

Private spaceflight company SpaceX is scheduled to fly its Dragon capsule toward the International Space Station early on Saturday, marking the first time ever a privately built spacecraft will dock at the habitable artificial satellite.

(Mashable.com)

A slender white rocket with a Dragon on top is poised to make spaceflight history.

(The Christian Science Monitor)

(CNN)-- On Saturday, a company called SpaceX is scheduled to launch the first private mission to the International Space Station, demonstrating a freight-carrying capability NASA gave up when it retired its fleet of space shuttles in July.

(CNN)

Perhaps, but not quite yet. This relatively old-school rocket with a capsule reminiscent of NASAs early manned flights is historically significant because it marks the first time a private company is launching to the International Space Station.